Business life cycle

Good morning/afternoon I am here to talk about the business life cycle. The business life cycle refers to the stages and growth a business can experience. An owner of a business must be able to asses the businesses position on the business life cycle in order to develop strategies to deal with business expansions and business problems. But this can be difficult for two reasons. One change is gradual and it is hard to notice and two the owner may be to involved with the business to observe objectively. Also the owner may be emotionally tied up , they may just lack basic skills or may just be too busy.


There are four phases that a business may go through establishment, growth, maturity and post maturity. In the business life cycle there is no set time limit for the phases.

Establishment- This is the start up of the business. The main concern is to get the business onto a solid foundation and to generate enough income to cover expenses and to generate a cash flow. The main goal i...